BELL, Theodore Arlington, a Representative from California; born in Vallejo, Solano County,
Calif., July 25, 1872; moved with his parents to St. Helena, Napa County, in
1876; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1893
and commenced practice at Napa, Calif.; district attorney of Napa County
1895-1903; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4,
1903-March 3, 1905); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the
Fifty-ninth Congress; moved to San Francisco in 1906 and continued the practice
of his profession; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of California in 1906
and 1910; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908 and 1912;
became affiliated with the Republican Party in 1921; was accidentally killed
near San Rafael, Marin County, Calif., September 4, 1922; interment in Odd
Fellows Cemetery, St. Helena, Calif.